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Amby Burfoot
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 19
Journalist
Marathon Runner
Running
Become

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Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.
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Life is a marathon, not a sprint pace yourself accordingly.
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I've always liked hills. I see a challenge, a goal, and I feel instantly galvanized to achieve that goal.
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I run because I enjoy it — not always, but most of the time. I run because I have always run — not trained, but run. What do I get? Joy and pain. Good health and injuries. Exhilaration and despair. A feeling of accomplishment and a feeling of waste. The sunrise and the sunset.
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Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced.
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It's what runners do. We keep on keeping on
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If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.
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Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running.
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Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.
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Courage is crossing a starting line.
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The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort.
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Running removes us briefly from the fragmentation and depersonalization of the digital world
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To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths.
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Once upon a time, about 20 years ago, runners believed they didn't have to do anything but run
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Winning is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and every day and attempts to be the best runner and best person he can be. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.
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I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving.
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Don't judge your running by your speed.
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The most powerful lesson you can learn in running? You're capable of much more than you think.
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That's the beauty of starting lines: Until you begin a new venture, you never know what awaits you.
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I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.
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